Understanding Low-Income African American Women's Expectations, Preferences, and Priorities in Prenatal Care

Family and Community Health

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 149-157

  Edmonds, Brownsyne Tucker ^a   Mogul, Marjie ^b   Shea, Judy A ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Maternity Care Coalition   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; community based participatory research; focus groups; prenatal care

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMBIVALENCE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EDUCATION; EXPECTATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INSURANCE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL CARE; MODEL; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHILADELPHIA; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 84937690344     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: 15505057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000066     Document Type: Article

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